【正文】 New words and expressions 生詞和短語(yǔ) exciting adj. 令人興奮的 receive v. 接受，收到 firm n. 商行，公司 different adj. 不同的 centre n. 中心 abroad adv. 在國(guó)外 參考譯文 我剛剛收到弟弟蒂姆的來(lái)信，他正在澳大利亞。蒂姆是個(gè)工程師，正在一家大公司工作，并且已經(jīng)去過(guò)澳大利亞的不少地方了。他不久還將到達(dá)達(dá)爾文去，從那里，他再飛往珀斯。 Lesson 5 No wrong numbers 無(wú)錯(cuò)號(hào)之虞 First listen and then answer the question. 聽(tīng)錄音，然后回答以下問(wèn)題。No wrong numbers39。telephone39。平赫特離錫爾伯里只有 5 英里，但詹姆斯 .斯科特先生未能為他新的汽車(chē)修理部搞到一部電話機(jī)，所以他買(mǎi)了只鴿子。這只鳥(niǎo)只用了 3 分鐘就飛完了全程。就這樣，他開(kāi)始自己的私人“電話”業(yè)務(wù)。 Who is Percy Buttons? I have just moved to a house in Bridge Street. Yesterday a beggar knocked at my door. He asked me for a meal and a glass of beer. In return for this, the beggar stood on his head and sang songs. I gave him a meal. He ate the food and drank the beer. Then he put a piece of cheese in his pocket and went away. Later a neighbour told me about him. Everybody knows him. His name is Percy Buttons. He calls at every house in the street once a month and always asks for a meal and a glass of beer. New words and expressions 生 詞和短語(yǔ) beggar n. 乞丐 food n. 食物 pocket n. 衣服口袋 call v. 拜訪，光顧 參考譯文 我剛剛搬進(jìn)了大橋街的一所房子。作為回報(bào)，那乞丐頭頂?shù)氐沽⑵饋?lái)，嘴里還唱著歌。他把食物吃完，又喝了酒。后來(lái)，一位鄰居告訴了我他的情況。他每月對(duì)這條街上的每戶人家光顧一次，總是請(qǐng)求給他一頓飯和一杯啤酒。 Did the detectives save the diamonds? The plane was late and detectives were waiting at the airport all morning. They were expecting a valuable parcel of diamonds from South Africa. A few hours earlier, someone had told the police that thieves would try to steal the diamonds. When the plane arrived, some of the detectives were waiting inside the main building while others were waiting on the airfield. Two men took the parcel off the plane and carried it into the Customs House. While two detectives were keeping guard at the door, two others opened the parcel. To their surprise, the precious parcel was full of stones and sand! New words and expressions 生詞和短語(yǔ) detective n. 偵探 airport n. 機(jī)場(chǎng) expect v. 期待，等待 valuable adj. 貴重的 parcel n. 包裹 diamond n. 鉆石 steal v. 偷 main adj. 主要的 airfield n. 飛機(jī)起落的場(chǎng)地 guard n. 警戒，守衛(wèi) precious adj. 珍貴的 stone n. 石子 sand n. 沙子 參考譯文 飛機(jī)誤點(diǎn)了，偵探們?cè)跈C(jī)場(chǎng)等了整整一上午。數(shù)小時(shí)以前，有人向警方報(bào)告，說(shuō)有人企圖偷走這些鉆石。有兩個(gè)人把包裹拿下飛機(jī)，進(jìn)了海關(guān)。令他們吃驚的是，那珍貴的包裹里面裝的全是石頭和沙子！ Lesson 8 The best and the worst 最好的和最差的 First listen and then answer the question. 聽(tīng)錄音，然后回答以下問(wèn)題。s garden the most beautiful one in the town? Joe Sanders has the most beautiful garden in our town. Nearly everybody enters for 39。 each year, but Joe wins every time. Bill Frith39。s. Bill works harder than Joe and grows more flowers and vegetables, but Joe39。幾乎每個(gè)人都參加每年舉辦的“最佳花園競(jìng)賽”，而每次都是喬獲勝。他修筑了一條條整潔的小路，并在一個(gè)池塘上架了一座小木橋。每年的花園競(jìng)賽我也參加，但總因是鎮(zhèn)上最劣的花園而獲得一個(gè)小獎(jiǎng)！ Lesson 9 A cold wele 冷遇 First listen and then answer the question. 聽(tīng)錄音，然后回答以下問(wèn)題。a cold wele39。 time. Fifteen minutes passed and then, at five to twelve, the clock stopped. The big minute hand did not move. We waited and waited, but nothing happened. Suddenly someone shouted. 39。s two minutes past twelve! The clock has stopped!39。 那是一年的最后一天，一大群人聚集在市政廳的大鐘下面。 15 分鐘過(guò)去了，而就在11 點(diǎn) 55 分時(shí)，大鐘停了。 我們等啊等啊，可情況沒(méi)有變化。那座大鐘不愿意迎接新年。 Lesson 10 Not for jazz 不適于演奏爵士樂(lè) First listen and then answer the question. 聽(tīng)錄音，然后回答以下問(wèn)題。s. New words and expressions 生詞和短語(yǔ) jazz n. 爵士音樂(lè) musical adj. 音樂(lè)的 instrument n. 樂(lè)器 clavichord n. 古鋼琴 recently adv. 最近 damage v. 損壞 key n. 琴鍵 string n. （樂(lè)器的）弦 shock v. 使不悅或生氣，震驚 allow v. 允許，讓 touch v. 觸摸 參考譯文 我家有件古樂(lè)器，被稱作古鋼琴，是 1681 年德國(guó)造的。我們家有這件樂(lè)器已經(jīng)很久了， 是我祖父在很多年以前買(mǎi)的。她在擊琴鍵時(shí)用力過(guò)猛，損壞了兩根琴弦。父親的一個(gè)朋友正在修理這件樂(lè)器。 Who paid for Tony39。s office years ago, but he is now working at a bank. He gets a good salary, but he always borrows money from his friends and never pays it back. Tony saw me and came and sat at the same table. He has never borrowed money from me. While he was eating, I asked him to lend me twenty pounds. To my surprise, he gave me the money immediately. 39。 Tony said, 39。 New words and expressions 生詞和短語(yǔ) turn n. 行為，舉止 deserve v. 應(yīng)得到，值得 lawyer n. 律師 bank n. 銀行 salary n. 工資 immediately adv. 立刻 參考譯文 我正在一家飯館吃飯，托尼 .斯蒂爾走了進(jìn)來(lái)。他的薪水很高，但他卻總是向朋友借錢(qián)，并且從來(lái)不還。他從未向我借過(guò)錢(qián)。令我驚奇的是，他立刻把錢(qián)給了我。 Where is Captain Alison going and how? Our neighbour, Captain Charles Alison, will sail from Portsmouth tomorrow. We39。clock, so we39。ll see his boat and then we39。明天一大早我們將在碼頭為他送行?！皾ㄙ悺碧?hào)是艘有名的小艇，它已經(jīng)多次橫渡大西洋。我們將參觀他的船，然后和他告別。 Lesson 13 The Greenwood Boys 綠林少年 First listen and then answer the question. 聽(tīng)錄音，然后回答以下問(wèn)題。 Club. The Greenwood Boys will be staying for five days. During this time, they will give five performances. As usual, the police will have a difficult time. They will be trying to keep order. It is always the same on these occasions. New words and expressions 生詞和短語(yǔ) group n. 小組，團(tuán)體 pop singer 流行歌手 club n. 俱樂(lè)部 performance n. 演出 occasion n. 場(chǎng)合 參考譯文 “綠林少年”是一個(gè)流行歌曲演唱團(tuán)。他們將乘火車(chē)來(lái)，鎮(zhèn)上的大部 分青年人將到車(chē)站迎接他們?！熬G林少年”準(zhǔn)備在此逗留 5 天。同往常一樣，警察的日子將不好過(guò)，他們將設(shè)法維持秩序。 Lesson 14 Do you speak English? 你會(huì)講英語(yǔ)嗎？ First listen and then answer the question. 聽(tīng)錄音，然后回答以下問(wèn)題。 As I soon learnt, he was English himself!39。在離開(kāi)法國(guó)南部的一個(gè)小村莊后，我繼續(xù)駛往下一個(gè)城鎮(zhèn)。我把車(chē)停下，他向我提出要求搭車(chē)。除了個(gè)別幾個(gè)單詞外，我根本不會(huì)法語(yǔ)。就要到達(dá)那個(gè)鎮(zhèn)時(shí)，那青年突然開(kāi)了口，慢慢地說(shuō)道：“你會(huì)講英語(yǔ)嗎？” 我很快了解到，他自己就是個(gè)英國(guó)人！ Lesson 15 Good news 佳 音 First listen and then answer the question. 聽(tīng)錄音，然后回答以下問(wèn)題。,39。Don39。 he said. Then he smiled and told